True or False, about hush puppies?

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[Paper Boi]

sounds made up

 

[KRayner]

most hush puppies i’ve had are trash

conch fritters >>>

 

[ScoopNScore]

Any time you see these grainy social media walls of text you know it's fact check time especially when they try to tie the to the black struggle

Why are those fried balls of yumminess called ‘hushpuppies?’

The bread balls later came to be called "hushpuppies" and legends arose to explain the strange name.

Majorie Kinnan Rawlings, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of "The Yearling" repeated one of the most popular tales in her 1942 cookbook, "Cross Creek Cookery:"

"Hush-puppies are in a class by themselves. They are concomitant of the hunt, above all of the fishing trip. Fresh-caught fish without hush-puppies are as man without woman, a beautiful woman without kindness, law without policemen. The story goes that they derived their name from old fishing and hunting expeditions, when the white folks ate to repletion, the Negro help ate beyond repletion 1, and the hunting dogs, already fed, smelled the delectable odors of human rations and howled for the things the remaining cornmeal patties to the dogs, calling, 'Hush, puppies!' – and the dogs, devouring them, could ask no more of life, and hushed."

Another tale says the bread was popular among soldiers during the Civil War because it was cheap and easy to make while camping. The soldiers, some say, named the bread balls "hushpuppies" for the same reason as the fishermen: to quiet the hounds. Even Merriam-Webster Dictionary repeats the tale as the source of the word.

 

[ChatGPT-5]

Any time you see these grainy social media walls of text you know it's fact check time especially when they try to tie the to the black struggle

Why are those fried balls of yumminess called ‘hushpuppies?’

The term "hush puppies" has an interesting and somewhat debated origin, but it's widely accepted that it comes from the Southern United States.

Hush puppies are a type of traditional Southern food made from a batter of cornmeal, flour, egg, salt, baking soda, buttermilk or milk, and sometimes onions or other ingredients, which is then deep-fried. They're typically round or oval in shape and are often served as a side dish with seafood or barbecue meals.

As for the name, there are a few theories:

1. Silencing dogs: The most common story suggests that the name comes from Civil War times, when cooks would fry some cornmeal and toss it to the dogs to "hush the puppies" during cookouts or fish fries.
2. Fishermen’s tale: Another similar story says that fishermen would fry up these bits of dough to quiet their barking dogs.
3. Runaway slaves: Yet another theory says that runaway slaves would make the food and throw it to the hounds to quiet them and avoid being discovered.

 

[hood b. goode]

I mean, I believe it